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Red monochrome printed cotton textile with pastoral scenes of palm trees, a swan, a rooster, a rider on horseback, and figures among foliage.

Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) Toile

A red monochrome copperplate-printed cotton furnishing fabric showing pastoral scenes with palm trees, a swan on water, a rooster, a horse with a rider, and a classical urn among foliage. Figures in period dress gather in landscape vignettes across the cloth.

Artist
Jean Baptiste Huet
Date
c.1794
Medium
Cotton, plain weave, copperplate printed
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1453 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1794).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

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